SAMUEL KNOX

Knox, Samuel (1815-1905), a Representative from Missouri; born in Blandford, Hampden, Mass., on March 21, 1815; attended the common schools; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1836 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1838; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1838; was admitted to the bar and practiced; city counselor in 1845; successfully contested as an Unconditional Unionist the election of Francis P. Blair, Jr., to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from June 10, 1864, to March 3, 1865; unsuccessful for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo.; returned to Blandford, Mass., where he died March 7, 1905; interment in Peabody Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
Parents: Alanson Knox, Lucinda Knox
Spouse: Mary Kerr
Born: abt. 1826 in Pennsylvania
Died: 1 Aug 1863
Marriage: 18 Mar 1845 in St Louis, Missouri
Children Sex Birth
Matthew Knox M
Mary Knox F 1770 in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Samuel Knox M abt 1846 in St Louis, Missouri
Hannah S Knox F 24 Sep 1848 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts
Reuben Knox M 28 Apr 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri
Henry Knox M 26 Nov 1857 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Mary Knox b. abt 1869 in Mass

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell